By Amy Phillips on November 23, 2009 at 11:50 a.m. EST

Reunited indie rock royalty Polvo released an excellent album, In Prism, this year on Merge. This video for the opening track "Right the Relation" would fit right in on a vintage 90s episode of "120 Minutes". Director Jon Leone conjures something very evil going on in a swamp.

By Tom Breihan on June 18, 2009 at 2:15 p.m. EDT

Earlier this month, we reported that the reunited North Carolina slash-and-burners Polvo had signed with Merge and were set to release their first new album since 1997. In Prism won't be out until September 8, but we've got a song from the album right here.

"Beggar's Bowl" is a serious post-Slint banger, jammed with the sort of math-rock guitar theatrics that nobody does anymore.

By Tom Breihan on June 3, 2009 at 2:40 p.m. EDT

In 2007, Explosions in the Sky asked the tangled-up North Carolina indie band Polvo to reunite for the ATP Weekend that Explosions were curating in May 2008. Polvo, who broke up in 1998, agreed, and the reunion stuck. Polvo have been playing shows since then.

Talking to Pitchfork last year, Pitchfork asked frontman Ash Bowie about the possibility of a new Polvo record, and he had this to say: "We've talked about recording something new as soon as we have enough material and can schedule it." Well, apparently that time is now.

Polvo has signed to Merge, the North Carolina indie that also released a couple of early-90s Polvo albums. In September, Merge will release In Prism, the first Polvo album since 1997's Shapes. The band recorded the album in North Carolina with producer Brian Paulson. The tracklist is below. Also below: Polvo's summer touring itinerary.